This week I had to send my iMac in for repair. Normally I program using Windows Server 2008 running in Parallels. This week I had to go back to my old desktop PC to get my programming work done. I had to reinstall my development environment since I hadn’t programmed on that machine in a ...
readmore * Featured Lower Section, .NET ProgrammingIt’s possible. CSS only. No javascript. No funny-business. Most of the time I do this for a footer on a website. (See www.weissauctions.com, or our own site even, www.twinharbor.com). The footer should stick to the bottom of the page (or the parent element). If you resize the window and the content doesn’t fill the screen, ...
readmore * Featured, * Featured Lower SectionToday I copied a parallels image (Windows Server 2008) from my imac to my macbook. For some reason, I got the following error message when I tried to start it up: The virtual machine cannot be used because its files are corrupted. A bad file copy on the network? It turns out no. This message ...
readmore * Featured, * Featured Lower SectionMac OSX caches DNS data to enhance performance, which is nice, however sometimes when you’re moving a website or server, you want to see the new DNS data. Here’s a quick little fix to clear the DNS cache in OSX. Open terminal and enter: (Max OSX 10.5 Leopord and up) dscacheutil -flushcache
readmore * Featured, * Featured Lower SectionAs it turns out, configuring SMTP for asp.net applications to send simple email messages in Windows Server 2008 is not exactly straight forward. I think Microsoft is focussed on organizations with exchange servers ready to go, and as a result they have left us web hosting types out in the cold. How disappointing! But alas, ...
readmore * Featured Lower Section, * NewsWe often debug against w3wp.exe (the IIS worker process) when building web apps. Visual studio 2010 adds an annoying quirk though, a warning states: “Attaching to this process can potentially harm your computer. If the information below looks suspicious or your are unsure, do not attach to this process.” This pops up every time. How ...
readmore * Featured Lower Section, * NewsGoogle maps has made it incredibly easy to add an interactive map to your website. The video below shows how easy it can be. If you have a Waypoint site, we show how you can add it there, but it can be easily added to any HTML page.
readmore * Featured, * Featured Lower SectionWe’re very excited today to announce a really cool new feature now available in all Waypoint sites! The Code Block widget has been upgraded to include support for <form> tags, and other types of content. As explained in the video, the code block widget allows you to post nearly any html content right onto your ...
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